The Indian army tender documents came from Lawrence, which was not detailed, but it was sufficient.

According to the requirements put forward by the Indian army, the new rifles will be purchased in two parts, first directly import 150,000 units, and then the winning bidder will provide technology and equipment to produce 350,000 units in India's domestic arsenal, and the Indian Army will pay royalties according to the signed contract.

It is clear that this is the result of a compromise.

The 150,000 pieces of the advanced port must be provided to special forces and mountain troops, because these units fighting in extreme environments have an extremely urgent need for new rifles.

Direct imports are also about quality, i.e. the Indian Army does not trust domestic manufacturers.

Whether it is dealing with Pakistan, guarding against China, or even dealing with domestic separatist forces, it is the special forces and mountain troops that rush to the forefront.

As for the regular army, on the contrary, it was rarely dispatched.

Domestic production is an inevitable requirement.

Let's not talk about supporting national enterprises, providing more jobs, increasing taxes, and other empty words, just to reduce procurement prices, we can only produce domestically.

The total cost of importing 500,000 rifles will not be less than $4 billion, and maybe more than $5 billion.

If 70% of the country is domestic, it can reduce the procurement cost by 30%, that is, save more than 1 billion US dollars.

Obviously, this is not a small amount of money.

As for the quality reduction after domestic production, it is certainly not the first issue that Indian Defense Ministry officials consider, and it will not even be regarded as a problem.

You must know that the INSAS assault rifle is full of problems, and the Indian army has insisted on using it for decades.

In terms of models, the Indian Army mainly considers FN's SCAR, H&K's HK416/417, Beretta's ARX-160 and Kalashnikov's AK-12, in addition to Israel's Military Industries' TAR-21, Singapore's Power Technology's SAR-21, etc.

It can be said that it basically encompasses the most advanced models in the world today.

However, the most competitive ones are SCAR and HK416/417.

Quite simply, the Indian Army has made it clear that the new rifle must have the ability to fire two calibres of ammunition and be able to quickly switch between components without causing a significant increase in the purchase price, and it is best to use the Indian Army's current standard ammunition.

From this requirement, SCAR is the most ideal choice.

Although at the time of development, it was divided into light and heavy, that is, SCAR-L and SCAR-H, and other models evolved on this basis, such as the SCAR-PR sniper support rifle, but during the competition for the selection of US special forces, FN company developed a universal model on the basis of SCAR-H at the request of the US special forces, which can fire different types of guns by replacing components.

That said, the versatility of SCAR is the best.

Not to mention several other rifles, even the HK416/417 is not as good as the SCAR, that is, it does not allow soldiers to fire different bullets by changing components.

Obviously, the tender contract in India is like a tailor-made for FN company.

Could it be that SCAR is already the internal model of the Indian army?

The so-called public bidding, just a formality?

The Indian Army's choice of SCAR is also reasonable.

In the last tender, the Indian Army had a soft spot for SCAR, and finally failed to "marry" with FN, not because of the Indian Army's problem, but because the guys who controlled the Indian Parliament insisted on domestic production, and FN did not encounter financial difficulties that year, nor did it have the will to sell SCAR patents.

In fact, at that time, FN would never sell patents and production licenses.

Quite simply, at the time of the Indian Army selection, FN was still competing for contracts for the US Special Forces, and the future was bright.

Although the Indian Army's procurement volume is larger, from the perspective of commercial promotion, it is certainly not as good as the US special forces.

If the Indian arsenal is authorized to produce SCAR, will it still be favored by the US military?

What's more, the Indian arsenal does not have the technical strength to produce SCAR at all, and if the produced SCAR breaks down frequently, it will not smash the signboard of FN company? At least the onlookers only know that SCAR is FN Company, and may not know that it is produced by the Indian Arsenal.

Shortly thereafter, SCAR was favored by the Pakistan Army.

Of course, Pakistan did not mention domestic requirements, and the purchase of SCAR was only to equip special forces, not to replace standard rifles.

Adhering to the usual principle, as long as the SCAR is equipped with Pakistani special forces, India will not consider it.

It's just that Pakistan has not bought SCAR at the very least.

It's not that SCAR isn't good enough, it's that Pakistan doesn't have that much money.

You know, for Pakistan, which spends only $2 billion a year on defense, spending hundreds of millions of dollars on a non-essential firearm is too extravagant.

Further on, there is Saudi Arabia.

In fact, it was the performance in the Saudi special forces tender that made SCAR once again of interest to the Indian Army.

At that time, among the several firearms that participated in the bidding, only the SCAR was barely able to compare with the DF66, and the others were a big difference.

In addition, the last thing Saudi Arabia purchased was not the DF66, but the DF762, which was developed from the DF66.

Because it did not use a new type of cartridge, the DF762 performed a little worse than the DF66.

In other words, in terms of performance, SCAR and DF762 have a fight.

Obviously, this is a crucial factor.

Don't forget, at the Kargil Pass and the Siachen Glacier, it was the DF762 that Saudi Arabia provided to Pakistan free of charge that beat the Indian army to the point where it could not raise its head.

In addition, the Indian Army's purchase of new rifles is aimed at the DF762.

Prior to this, Saudi Arabia had already increased the purchase of DF762 twice in a row, and D&F's plant was running at full speed.

Because the Saudi Army has launched the bidding process for new rifles, and there is no restriction on caliber, the DF762 will definitely not become the standard firearm of the Saudi Army, so the Saudi Army's purchase of so many DF762 is likely to be ready to provide assistance to Pakistan.

From this point of view, what the Indian Army needs is a rifle that can suppress, or at least counter the DF762.

Looking at the world, I am afraid that there is only SCAR.

In fact, this is also the reason why the Indian Army did not send the tender to D&F, that is, the Indian Army did not want to use the same rifles as its sworn enemy.

Even if only the DF762 is an improved version of the DF762 that can surpass the DF762 in terms of performance.

Before that, Wang Dong didn't think about selling DF762 to India.

It's not that he doesn't want to make money, but he doesn't feel the need for it, because as long as India insists on producing domestically, it won't make much.

If you lose other markets as a result, the gains outweigh the losses.

It doesn't have to do with patriotism or anything, because it won't be long before all firearms, including the DF762, that fire conventional ammunition will be outdated.

In Wang Dong's view, the biggest problem is actually the Indian bureaucracy.

Sell weapons to India, don't you give kickbacks?

Don't say no, even if it's less!

Want Wang Dong to spend money to buy off Indian officials?

Obviously, it's basically impossible.

It's just that now, Wang Dong may have to reconsider this issue.